The President of the Tech Colleges discussed the Governor’s plans to increase funding to tech colleges, increase Wisconsin Grants to students, and expand credit transfer between the tech college system and the UW System.

At the same time, the president asked committee members to make several changes to the Governor’s budget.

The committee also discussed the fact that many system building projects were denied or delayed as part of the Governor's capital budget. Members expressed concern that delaying these projects will ultimately increase their costs.

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Legislative Update 11-15After the Assembly met three times in the span of 10 days, the November Legislative floor period is over. Many bills were voted on, some that were bipartisan and noncontroversial and others that showed the strong divide between the political parties. I’ll try to do my best to give you a brief rundown of everything that happened.

11/15/2017

Legislative Update 10-24With the budget so delayed this year, we haven’t had much time between when the summer floor period ended and when the fall floor period begins. Because the Wisconsin Legislature is technically a “full-time legislature” we are always in session. But the two year period is usually divided into several parts: a spring and summer session and a fall session in the first year and another spring session in the second year.

10/24/2017

Budget Update 9-19The Assembly met last week on Wednesday to finally vote on the $76 billion state budget after an almost three month delay. It was a long day of debate but the proposal finally passed on a split vote of 57-39. Five Republicans and all the Democrats voted against the budget.

9/19/2017

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Legislative Update 11-15After the Assembly met three times in the span of 10 days, the November Legislative floor period is over. Many bills were voted on, some that were bipartisan and noncontroversial and others that showed the strong divide between the political parties. I’ll try to do my best to give you a brief rundown of everything that happened.

11/15/2017

Legislative Update 10-24With the budget so delayed this year, we haven’t had much time between when the summer floor period ended and when the fall floor period begins. Because the Wisconsin Legislature is technically a “full-time legislature” we are always in session. But the two year period is usually divided into several parts: a spring and summer session and a fall session in the first year and another spring session in the second year.

10/24/2017

Budget Update 9-19The Assembly met last week on Wednesday to finally vote on the $76 billion state budget after an almost three month delay. It was a long day of debate but the proposal finally passed on a split vote of 57-39. Five Republicans and all the Democrats voted against the budget.